Melicope xanthoxyloides

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Melicope xanthoxyloides (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)

Ampacus alata Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
Ampacus alatus (F.Muell.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
Ampacus xanthoxylodes Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Ampacus xanthoxyloides (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Euodia alata F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Euodia bakeriana Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Euodia xanthoxyloides F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Evodia bakeriana Domin (orthographic variant)

Distribution (APC): Qld

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (12), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (2), Kanowski_2000 (69), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (12), Metcalfe_2009 (20), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wells_2012 (110), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1), Zieminska_2015 (36). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 85 traits from 296 records in 16 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): trioecious (1); unknown (1) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.75 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); follicle (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 16101.6 mm2 (1608-39960 mm2) [sources: Kanowski_2000; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
leaflet_area (numerical): 5106.87 mm2 (958.16-9500.43 mm2) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 215 mm (110-370 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 100 mm (45-180 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 34.08 mg (34.08-34.08 mg) [sources: Wells_2012]
petiole_length (numerical): 8.75 cm (3.5-14 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 44.13 g/m2 (21.19-57.74 g/m2) [sources: Kanowski_2000; Wells_2012; Zieminska_2015]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.21 g/g (0.15-0.27 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_obovate (1); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); cuneate (1); obtuse (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (1); tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): fly (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): birds (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Wells_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyynnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): short_persistent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 43.27 mg/g (36.58-46.63 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 2.67 mg/g (2.11-3.13 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 17.65 mg (9.31-26 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Metcalfe_2009]
seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (2.5-3.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); globoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.41 mg/mm3 (0.36-0.44 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012; Zieminska_2015]
huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 95.88 {count}/mm2 (78.11-114.99 {count}/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 50.65 um (49.19-53.35 um) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.19 mm2/mm2 (0.15-0.22 mm2/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2015]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 21 m (21-21 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Wells_2012	25	110	J. A. Wells. “Phylogeny and inter-relations of ecological traits and seed dispersal in rainforest plants: Exploring aspects of functional diversity in primary and secondary rainforests in Australia's Wet Tropics.”. PhD. University of Queensland, 2012.
Kanowski_2000	24	69	J. Kanowski. “Ecological determinants of the distribution and abundance of the folivorous marsupials endemic to the rainforests of the Atherton uplands, north Queensland.”. PhD. James Cook University, Townsville, 1999.
Zieminska_2015	12	36	K. Ziemińska, M. Westoby, and I. J. Wright. “Broad anatomical variation within a narrow wood density range - A study of twig wood across 69 Australian Angiosperms”. PLOS ONE 10.4 (2015), p. e0124892. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124892.
Metcalfe_2009	20	20	E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
ABRS_2023	13	18	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_2013	10	12	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011	8	12	R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
Gross_2005	4	4	C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Ilic_2000	1	2	J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_2020	1	1	F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_2000	1	1	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.